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Certain experiences promise a thrill: roller coasters, free fall, love. Add The D to the list. Tesla's Model S P85D, the all-wheel-drive variant of the all-electric Model S, is like no other car on the road. I say this without hyperbole or overstatement. The D goes 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds, making it the fastest production model sedan ever built. It fits five comfortably, with more cargo room than most crossovers. It burns no gas. It has an Insane Mode. It is earned. With twin motors mounted on each axle, the full-size sedan hits 60 mph before you can check the rear view for your guts. The D shoves you back in your seat while lifting you up, creating a sensation like the tickle induced...

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Certain experiences promise a thrill: roller coasters, free fall, love. Add The D to the list. Tesla's Model S P85D, the all-wheel-drive variant of the all-electric Model S, is like no other car on the road. I say this without hyperbole or...

General Motors is committed to an electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge — but whether it retains the Bolt name when it goes on sale in two years is a different debate altogether. The Chevrolet Bolt is the name of the concept GM showed at...

Concept cars give us a glimpse of what engineers are thinking and what automakers may be marketing in the future. Some are clearly intended for production, while others are platforms for wishful thinking. In either case, they draw crowds at auto shows....

Mazda juiced the publicity throttle last night with the launch of the fourth-generation 2016 Mazda Miata MX-5, the two-seat affordable sports convertible that debuted at the Chicago Auto Show 25 years ago and has outlasted the competition in...

Allstate Corp. said Thursday it is testing a smartphone application that is collecting drivers' habits.
The application is being tested a few states so far, the Northbrook-based company's CEO said at a conference. Allstate currently has a...

The Kia Soul may look like a hipster's car, but a 2014 redesign gave it grown-up refinement on the inside, and at the Chicago Auto Show Kia showed the car's green side by taking the wraps off the 2015 Soul EV.
Powered by a 27 kWh lithium polymer battery,...

Before the 2013 Chicago Auto Show even opened to the public, a gallery of its must-see cars was among the top-read pages of chicagotribune.com, and searches for details were spiking on Google.
Trib Nation reached Tribune reporters Mary Jane Grandinetti...

With its new 2013 ILX sedan, Acura creates a new point of entry for the brand. The ILX is slightly smaller than the TSX sedan, which costs $30,905 (including a destination charge of $895). The ILX starts at $26,795; as of this writing, complete pricing...

Many years ago, a novelty was hidden in the bowels of the original McCormick Place for Chicago Auto Show visitors to find: a weird four-door Chevrolet Corvette. Even weirder is why anyone would do such a thing.
Still, someone cut the fiberglass body...

Quiet?
Nope. There's no insulation along the cabin walls, only a thin cloth liner along the roof and an equally thin vinyl strip over the floor in back to filter out what little road noise it can.
Quick?
Hardly. The 2-liter, 136-horsepower,...